These items brought to you by the subconscious imagination of a teenager that reads too much.
I suggest:

Any Terry Pratchett Discworld

Frank Herbert's Dune

American Boy's Handybook

James Gurney's Dinotopia

Any Isaac Asimov short or Scifi novel

Any Ray Bradbury Scifi novel

Any Poul Anderson Scifi novel, especially the Polesotechnic League and Dominic Flandry ones

Some of the creations are ancient, with pictures taken by a camera that came with a built-in floppy drive. Some of them are more recent, with pictures taken on a cheap Radioshack camera that I had to hand-make a macro lens for out of odd optical components. Some of them are practically new, made of post-bley pieces and photos taken on a Coolpix L10. Any way around, I try to make the pictures as good as I can, and the Mocs as cool as I can.